EVENTS IN YEREVAN PLANNED BEFOREHAND

DeFacto Agency
March 6 2008
Armenia

YEREVAN, 06.03.08. DE FACTO. On the instruction of the RA
Procurator-General the Special investigation service is investigating
a criminal case instituted on the facts that took place in Yerevan on
February 20-March 2, the spokeswoman of Armenia’s Procurator-General
Sona Truzian stated in the course of a press conference. In her words,
the criminal case was instituted on the actions targeted at the
power’s usurpation with the violation of the country’s Constitution;
on the organization of mass disorders accompanied by violence, murders,
pogroms, destruction of public, state and private property.

According to S. Truzian, in connection with the certain events criminal
cases were earlier instituted by the Police and NSS.

However, now all these cases have been united, and the investigation
is carried out by the Special investigation service. A proper
investigation group formed by 50 investigators has been formed with
that end in view. The Procurator-General’s spokeswoman noted that
according to March 5 the materials gathered by the investigation gave
occasion to affirm with confidence that the events had been planned
beforehand and mass disorders had been directed by a united center.

At present 27 people have been arrested within the frames of the
above-mentioned criminal case, 26 more have been charged with four
articles of the Criminal Code within the frames of the above-mentioned
criminal case.

As for the shops, where pogroms had been carried out, according to
S. Truzian at present most of the stolen products have been found and
returned. Some participants of the robberies have been identified and
arrested. By the way, the spokeswoman of the RA Procurator-General
noted that in the course of the investigation it had become obvious
that criminal elements, in their turn, had got advantage of the
disorders carried out in the capital city.